No she is really popular over here, American music dominates our charts far more than UK music does in the US, I don't think we should be worrying about Dark Horse just yet (especially not out of the US)... but apparently Prism is now at #289... How on earth is it ANYWHERE NEAR that low?? There MUST be some kind of mistake... what on earth would make it drop 44 places in two and a half hours?

Artpop is at #103 or something (and that's bad anyway) and everyone knows Prism is doing better, ... I see in HMV all the time that they've reduced the price of Artpop to I think £7.99 , but are still selling Prism at full price (£9.99 and £12.99), so that must mean that Prism is selling better that Artpop, no? This must be a mistake...

EDIT: Now at #293, in a few minutes it will be gone... something must be wrong.

Thanks for clearing that up. But that really sounds screwed up though.

That's so strange... It's at 38 on Irish iTunes right now, and usually our charts are quite similar to the UK. Hmmm...

On UK iTunes it's really bad. Dark Horse is #224, and Prism itself #245 .Prism has worldwide sold just over two million, and considering that half of that was sold in the USA it isn't that much really all over. I thought it would do better in sales. I think what Prism and all the singles coming out if it really need is a world tour

This board seems to have a lot of members from the UK, and I know Katy's tour is starting in the UK, and it seems she spent more time in the UK promoting Prism than in the US. I was therefore under the impression that Katy was really popular in the UK. Is that not the case? Or was Teenage Dream really popular there, but not Prism for some reason?

Conalae will probably come later and chime in. Anyway, the UK is the largest music market in the world but also has their own separate music industry. There are so many popular British acts it's really hard for American acts to compete with them. And as you know many of those acts often dominate US charts as well.

On UK iTunes it's really bad. Dark Horse is #224, and Prism itself #245 .Prism has worldwide sold just over two million, and considering that half of that was sold in the USA it isn't that much really all over. I thought it would do better in sales. I think what Prism and all the singles coming out if it really need is a world tour

This board seems to have a lot of members from the UK, and I know Katy's tour is starting in the UK, and it seems she spent more time in the UK promoting Prism than in the US. I was therefore under the impression that Katy was really popular in the UK. Is that not the case? Or was Teenage Dream really popular there, but not Prism for some reason?

Conalae will probably come later and chime in. Anyway, the UK is the largest music market in the world but also has their own separate music industry. There are so many popular British acts it's really hard for American acts to compete with them. And as you know many of those acts often dominate US charts as well.

How is the UK a bigger market than the US?

In a way it really is, Katy even said so herself on Alan Carr, when he asked her if she was starting the tour here just to test it out on us and she was like 'you really think I would start a big world tour here just to test it out on the biggest media market in the world?'. That's why artists do so much promo here and it's why when artists go on international tours London is often the city with the most shows. It's also why artists do proper UK tours (even though the UK is tiny) as opposed to how in most countries in Europe it's just one stop in one city. It's a big market.

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On UK iTunes it's really bad. Dark Horse is #224, and Prism itself #245 .Prism has worldwide sold just over two million, and considering that half of that was sold in the USA it isn't that much really all over. I thought it would do better in sales. I think what Prism and all the singles coming out if it really need is a world tour

This board seems to have a lot of members from the UK, and I know Katy's tour is starting in the UK, and it seems she spent more time in the UK promoting Prism than in the US. I was therefore under the impression that Katy was really popular in the UK. Is that not the case? Or was Teenage Dream really popular there, but not Prism for some reason?

Conalae will probably come later and chime in. Anyway, the UK is the largest music market in the world but also has their own separate music industry. There are so many popular British acts it's really hard for American acts to compete with them. And as you know many of those acts often dominate US charts as well.

How is the UK a bigger market than the US?

In a way it really is, Katy even said so herself on Alan Carr, when he asked her if she was starting the tour here just to test it out on us and she was like 'you really think I would start a big world tour here just to test it out on the biggest media market in the world?'. That's why artists do so much promo here and it's why when artists go on international tours London is often the city with the most shows. It's also why artists do proper UK tours (even though the UK is tiny) as opposed to how in most countries in Europe it's just one stop in one city. It's a big market.

Maybe it's not. It just seems that way to me. I know they go to more concerts per capita than Americans do. And the fan bases of pop stars seem to be larger in the UK than in America as well.

It's more of a cultural thing really. Also economic. While Americans do like their music they love Hollywood more so movie DVD's will always sell more than music albums. Plus most Americans are broke and don't have the money to spend on concerts and other entertainment.

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No she is really popular over here, American music dominates our charts far more than UK music does in the US, I don't think we should be worrying about Dark Horse just yet (especially not out of the US)... but apparently Prism is now at #289... How on earth is it ANYWHERE NEAR that low?? There MUST be some kind of mistake... what on earth would make it drop 44 places in two and a half hours?

Artpop is at #103 or something (and that's bad anyway) and everyone knows Prism is doing better, ... I see in HMV all the time that they've reduced the price of Artpop to I think £7.99 , but are still selling Prism at full price (£9.99 and £12.99), so that must mean that Prism is selling better that Artpop, no? This must be a mistake...

EDIT: Now at #293, in a few minutes it will be gone... something must be wrong.

Thanks for clearing that up. But that really sounds screwed up though.

i was in Sainsbury's recently and saw at their top 50 CDs Artpop was #1 or 2, and Prism was 47 or 48, because Artpop costs £4 and Prism costs £10. And people just want a pop cd with a few nice tunes, they're not fans of anything.

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No she is really popular over here, American music dominates our charts far more than UK music does in the US, I don't think we should be worrying about Dark Horse just yet (especially not out of the US)... but apparently Prism is now at #289... How on earth is it ANYWHERE NEAR that low?? There MUST be some kind of mistake... what on earth would make it drop 44 places in two and a half hours?

Artpop is at #103 or something (and that's bad anyway) and everyone knows Prism is doing better, ... I see in HMV all the time that they've reduced the price of Artpop to I think £7.99 , but are still selling Prism at full price (£9.99 and £12.99), so that must mean that Prism is selling better that Artpop, no? This must be a mistake...

EDIT: Now at #293, in a few minutes it will be gone... something must be wrong.

Thanks for clearing that up. But that really sounds screwed up though.

i was in Sainsbury's recently and saw at their top 50 CDs Artpop was #1 or 2, and Prism was 47 or 48, because Artpop costs £4 and Prism costs £10. And people just want a pop cd with a few nice tunes, they're not fans of anything.

That will do it. Happens here too. Everyone loves a discount.

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No she is really popular over here, American music dominates our charts far more than UK music does in the US, I don't think we should be worrying about Dark Horse just yet (especially not out of the US)... but apparently Prism is now at #289... How on earth is it ANYWHERE NEAR that low?? There MUST be some kind of mistake... what on earth would make it drop 44 places in two and a half hours?

Artpop is at #103 or something (and that's bad anyway) and everyone knows Prism is doing better, ... I see in HMV all the time that they've reduced the price of Artpop to I think £7.99 , but are still selling Prism at full price (£9.99 and £12.99), so that must mean that Prism is selling better that Artpop, no? This must be a mistake...

EDIT: Now at #293, in a few minutes it will be gone... something must be wrong.

Thanks for clearing that up. But that really sounds screwed up though.

i was in Sainsbury's recently and saw at their top 50 CDs Artpop was #1 or 2, and Prism was 47 or 48, because Artpop costs £4 and Prism costs £10. And people just want a pop cd with a few nice tunes, they're not fans of anything.

True, but there must have been a reason for Gaga's album to be £4 and Katy's 10. Some people are 'in' and some people aren't.

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I know a radio channel which plays Peacock - ABC KatyCat webradio France

Is that a radio station that plays nothing but Katy Perry songs?

that, and Katy related tracks, like Queen, the Matrix, sometimes Lady Gaga, or other 'unexpected' tracks. A lot of Katy Hudson, and unreleased tracks.

That sounds really good!! That is web radio? Is it available anywhere in the world, or just in France? If anywhere in the world, how can I access it?

if you google ABC KatyCat webradio there should be a link to it, really I found it as a substitute for American channels which I can't get, so I couldn't guarantee that it will be available where you are. I've had it bookmarked for a long time, twice actually, I can also get it through tuneIn, an app for radio channels.

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No she is really popular over here, American music dominates our charts far more than UK music does in the US, I don't think we should be worrying about Dark Horse just yet (especially not out of the US)... but apparently Prism is now at #289... How on earth is it ANYWHERE NEAR that low?? There MUST be some kind of mistake... what on earth would make it drop 44 places in two and a half hours?

Artpop is at #103 or something (and that's bad anyway) and everyone knows Prism is doing better, ... I see in HMV all the time that they've reduced the price of Artpop to I think £7.99 , but are still selling Prism at full price (£9.99 and £12.99), so that must mean that Prism is selling better that Artpop, no? This must be a mistake...

EDIT: Now at #293, in a few minutes it will be gone... something must be wrong.

Thanks for clearing that up. But that really sounds screwed up though.

i was in Sainsbury's recently and saw at their top 50 CDs Artpop was #1 or 2, and Prism was 47 or 48, because Artpop costs £4 and Prism costs £10. And people just want a pop cd with a few nice tunes, they're not fans of anything.

True, but there must have been a reason for Gaga's album to be £4 and Katy's 10. Some people are 'in' and some people aren't.

Not sure in which way You mean that, anyway I would then think it means Katy is at the moment more popular? Because when something doesn't sell like expected the price gets cut so it doesn't stay on the shelf? If I get this right then selling a few more copies of Katy's album only because it has to be sold as a bargain would be rather an undesirable thing to happen.- So, 'topped US iTunes' means it's #1?

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